Gethsemane (gĕth-sĕm'a-ne), oil press. A place across the Kidron and at the foot of Olivet, noted as the scene of our Lord's agony. John 18:1, Mark 14:26, Luke 22:39. A garden or orchard was attached to it, and it was a place to which Jesus frequently resorted. Matthew 26:36, Mark 14:32, John 18:2. Tradition, since the fourth century, has placed it on the lower slope of Olivet, about 100 yards east of the bridge over the Kedron.